Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Navy chief of staff in a sudden shakeup following the confirmation this week of a new Navy Under Secretary.
Hegseth ordered more strict grooming and fitness standards and less training on subjects like the Privacy Act, cybersecurity and controlled information.
Adversaries are leveraging drones to challenge national airspace and disrupt civilian and military air operations without triggering full-scale conflict.
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Wednesday that the U.S. will scale back its military presence, reflecting “our combined success in fighting ISIS.”
Canberra had narrowed the competition to the HIMARS-PrSM and the StrikeMaster, which couples a Thales Bushmaster 4x4 chassis with Naval Strike Missiles.
Before hundreds of top brass, Hegseth pledged to create more fitness and grooming rules and encouraged commanders to quit if they don’t like his policies.